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Diagonal drawn filling

This is a pulled thread stitch with open oval areas divided by crossed threads.  It consists of slightly spaced rows of single faggot stitch, worked on the diagonal and gives a more elaborate stitch than single faggot.

N.B. the word ‘drawn’ in the stitch name comes from the discrepancy between authors about the definition of pulled and drawn thread work.

Diagonal drawn filling is generously sponsored by Linda Juchatz

Method

1

Bring the needle up just inside your outline. Make a vertical stitch up over three threads.

2

Count diagonally left and down over three intersections, bring the needle up and pull.

3

Make a horizontal stitch three to the right, back down into the first hole.

4

Count diagonally left and down over three intersections, bring the needle up and pull.

5

Make a vertical stitch up over three threads, into the previous hole. Repeat to complete the first row.

6

To begin the second row, count down one and right over four, bring the needle up and pull.

7

Make a horizontal stitch over three threads to the left.

8

Count diagonally right and up over three intersections, bring the needle up and pull.

9

Make a vertical stitch down over three threads, into the previous hole of this row. Count diagonally right and up over three intersections, bring the needle up and pull.

10

As you work the row notice that when you pull, you open up a hole with a cross shape inside it (it looks a bit like a window).

11

Repeat to complete the row.

12

Completed diagonal drawn filling.

Diagonal drawn filling

Structure of stitch

Embroidery Techniques

Related Stitches

References

  • Mrs Archibald Christie, Samplers and Stitches (1921) , p.102
  • Mary Thomas’s Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches (1934) , p.79
  • Various Authors, The Royal School of Needlework Book of Embroidery (2018) , p.325